ISO 20588 is an international standard that covers vocabulary for animal feeding stuffs that enables standardization of terms, definitions and language related to animal feeding stuffs.
ISO 20588 defines terms relating to animal feeding stuffs.
Note: It includes the most common and frequently used terms in the field of animal feeding stuffs.
ISO 20588 on vocabulary for animal feeding stuffs is applicable to:
Animal feed plays a vital role in the food chain, affecting the safety, composition, and quality of animal products. It consists of hay, straw, silage, compressed and pelleted feeds, oils and mixed rations, sprouted grains and legumes. Safety of animal feed is critical as some toxic compounds found in feeds may find their way into human diet.
ISO 20588 provides you with a mutual and consistent understanding and use of uniform terms in processes and frameworks dealing with the management of risk.
ISO 20588 provides you guidance on general terms, terms related to feed and feeding, terms related to sampling and feed analysis and terms related to feed processing and technology which facilitates effective communication across all value chains.
Guidance in ISO 20588 enables you to standardize common technical terms used in the feed industry that is compiled for proper understanding to accurately understand relevant text, correspondences and communication.
ISO 20588